Faisal Khan rang the bell of the house and waited eagerly with a happy expression unaware of someone's presence who called Sardar Burhan immediately
After one minute Heyam opened the door and hugged Faisal Khan tightly. He closed the door and kissed her forehead taking her inside
"I missed you"
"I missed you too you should shift here if you miss me and I also don't wanna live alone"
Heyam said folding her arms on her chest
"We will think about it my life"
Faisal lay down on the bed and made her sit beside him
Heyam hugged him laying on him placing her head on his chest
"You say that every time"
"But you're my good daughter. You should understand baby"
He said hugging her back
"Baba you travel a lot to be here and I also feel scared without you. We should shift to Swat Valley then you can work and be with me at the same time although I will miss my cousins but you know how much I love the hill stations. I feel at peace there. Every year you take me to hill stations for vacations but we never went to Swat I want to see it. You know how beautiful that area is. And I study at the best college in the city so I want us to upgrade our house. I don't wanna live in this backward area. We can live in a small house there but please we should move to Swat. Baba how do you afford my fees and all expenses here and there with just a mere job"
Heyam started talking nonstop as always. Her last question made Faisal uneasy
"By the help of Allah Almighty Heyam, we will move there when the right time comes"
He didn't want to break his daughter's heart by saying he will never take her there
"Baba didn't you ever think of marrying again"
She asked sadly
"No Heyam"
He replied closing his eyes
"Baba I will bring dinner for us"
Heyam said knowing her father was tired from such a long journey
"No beta I will get it by myself you just take a rest"
Faisal said lovingly as he never made Heyam do any work. The helper cooks the food. She doesn't do anything except make tea for her father or black coffee for herself. She just knew how to cook pasta, noodles, powdered milk Halwa, loaded fries, and roti due to her likeness for cooking. Faisal used to do cooking while staying with her as she was very choosy with food
Faisal made her eat food with his own hands as always while she was busy talking
"Baba, please meet Anna before sleeping. You know how much she loves you"
Heyam said lovingly
"Okay my life"
He went to meet Anna
Before sleeping Heyam changed herself into pajamas and forwarded her cheeks towards him. He kissed her cheeks and in return, she kissed his. Faisal smiled at her antics. She went to her bed and slept. Both of them used to sleep in the same room but in different beds, as they didn't wanna stay away from each other
Heyam is a beautiful girl of nineteen. She is very sensitive and can't bear anything against her father and Anna. She's a hijabi but at home, she lives however she wants. She is confident and strong enough to fight for her rights and the credit goes to her father. She had a little bit of dusky competition because of her skinny body otherwise she had the same complexion as her parents in childhood. So she didn't look like a Pathan. Her mother wasn't Pathan but she was extremely beautiful. Heyam had big eyes and innocent features and an extremely extrovert and talkative nature.
Heyam Faisal
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Past,
Faisal Yahya Khan was 22 years old when he first saw Umaira at his visit to Gujranwala for the funeral of his friend's father's death. Umaira was the distant cousin of his friend Hussain. He decided to marry her there only. Faisal Khan went to Haveli to talk to his father but Yahya Khan already announced his marriage to his brother's younger daughter Shazia Khan sister of his Bhabhi Ayesha Khan the wife of his elder brother Sardar Zahid Khan. He couldn't refuse the order of his father and Sardar and also Khan's family wasn't allowed to marry out of the family. After a month he went back to Gujranwala. He went to Umaira's house with his fake parents who were the people he hired. Umaira's family was from upper upper-middle class. They agreed after a few months. Faisal Khan married her of course with his own father's name. Umaira was an innocent girl. She thought that he worked in Swat Valley. On the other hand, seeing his constant visits to Gujranwala Yahya Khan married him to 16 years old Shazia. He welcomed Hamza Khan after a year of his marriage and Saad after three years but still used to visit Umaira three days a week. Umaira didn't have any child till seven years of their marriage. After seven years she got pregnant with Heyam. Faisal was beyond happy listening to this news. He took a lot of care of Umaira but due to complications in pregnancy, she died while giving birth. That was the darkest day of Faisal's life. He cried a lot holding that little girl to his heart. He decided to stay there to take care of Heyam. When he announced that Shazia who was already suspicious cried a lot which caused a lot of drama in Haveli. Yahya Khan decided to take a stand for his orphan niece but Zahid Khan stopped him thinking Faisal Khan was busy with random girls which was okay for him. After five years Faisal Khan hired a maid for Heyam and used to stay with her three days a week but it was considered as two days for Heyam as one day gets wasted in traveling and the same goes for his other children. He wasn't as lovely to his other children as he was to Heyam although he had another daughter Aleena who was three years younger than Heyam. The environment of Haveli never allowed them to express love for their daughters and he was cold to his sons because he didn't want Aleena to feel bad. He loved all his children equally but he was more attached to Heyam due to her cute antics and way of expressing whatever she felt even his sons couldn't do this. Heyam wouldn't think for a minute before telling her father that he was wrong or any other person but she was very innocent and sensitive as she gets trapped easily. Heyam was more mature than her age. He never stopped her from anything even wearing a hijab was also Heyam's choice which he accepted gratefully but she used to wear pajamas at home. She would call him daily to know if he had eaten food or taken his medicine which was not unnoticed by Haveli members. Shazia kept quiet as always but Hamza, Saad, and Aleena hated that girl, and both the boys wanted to kill her. Burhan became Sardar this year only so he decided to unfold this Gujranwala mystery for his Khala plus Chachi
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" Hamza we have to go to her house today you know that right"
Sardar Burhan reminded Hamza who was sitting beside his Dada Jaan
"I know that Sardar Saeen just waiting for your order"
He said respectfully with anger in his eyes fisting his hands
"Faisal Chachu left for Swat so we should leave now"
Sardar Burhan ordered and got up from Sofa
Hamza sighed in relief and got up with his Dada and their guards followed them
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Faisal who didn't even come out of the city received a call from the man he hired for Heyam's security
"Sir I have got news that a person is following Mam. It might be dangerous"
That person informed Faisal Khan on the call
"I am going back to home. You just find out that person. I will stay with Heyam until then"
Faisal Khan returned his car to home
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Heyam was brushing her hair when she heard the hustle and bustle outside her house. She got suspicious. Heyam wore her glasses and went toward her room's door. She could hear men talking.
"Anna somebody's on the door"
She whispered seeing Anna from the door
Somebody rang the bell. Heyam jumped in her place. Her heart was beating fast. Anna ran towards the door. Before Heyam could take Anna inside the room. Somebody broke the door. Heyam screamed diverting everybody's attention from Anna
Sardar Burhan, Hamza, Yahya Khan, and their four guards could see a girl standing behind the door. Burhan felt extremely angry as they were proven right same goes with Yahya Khan but Hamza wanted to kill that girl. They couldn't see her properly
Anna went towards one guard lovingly as she was a very lovely dog but that guard kicked Anna throwing her away which made Anna scream and cry loudly. Seeing this Heyam opened the door immediately and ran toward that man with open hair and wearing pajamas.
"How dare you huh? How dare you kick my Anna. I will kill you fuc... dog. I will kill you"
Heyam grabbed that guard's collar and started jolting him feeling extremely angry. She wanted to kill that man
Sardar Burhan was shocked to see this as he had never seen any woman fighting like this with a man. Meanwhile, Hamza and Yahya Khan were not able to believe their eyes. Sardar Burhan came out of shock and said in his dominating very rough voice
"Hey girl stop this nonsense"
Heyam shivered hearing his voice but she was feeling extremely angry seeing Anna cry. She jolted that man again with tears rolling down her eyes
"I will not spare you. You dared to hurt my Anna. I will kill you surely"
For the first time, someone didn't follow Sardar Burhan's order and even didn't pay heed to look at him. He wanted to kill that girl. His hands were fisted by now. Hamza and Yahya Khan were shocked
Anna cried again. Heyam pushed that man and went towards Anna. She hugged and kissed Anna while asking between cries
"Baby are you fine"
Every man there was looking at her upper thigh-reaching hair and her dressing
"Eyes down everyone"
Sardar Burhan ordered seeing everyone staring at Heyam
"Hey girl stand up. We have to talk to you"
Burhan ordered again
Heyam got up and looked at him with tears in her beautiful eyes and spoke in a broken voice
"I don't wanna listen to anything. Leave my house"
Burhan got extremely angry. He was glaring at Heyam with his red eyes. Heyam was shivering by now which didn't go unnoticed by Burhan but she still didn't show any weakness
"Harun take that dog from her"
Burhan ordered still glaring at her
Heyam hugged Anna more tightly nodding in no
Harun came forward and took scared Anna from Heyam trying his best not to touch her. He made sure not to hurt Anna as Burhan was extremely strict over animal rights but before he could stop his man Heyam started fighting
"Now now now! Will you tell us why are you behind my Chachu?"
Burhan asked glaring at her while Hamza and Yahya Khan were hardly controlling their angry
"Huh?"
She had a shocked expression. Her eyes were enough to tell what she was feeling right now
"I asked you something and you understood that very well"
He mocked her coldly
"No, I didn't. Who's your Chachu? I don't know him"
She whispered looking straight into his eyes
"I am talking about Faisal Yahya Khan"
He replied in his dominant voice gritting his teeth
Heyam was so shocked that she couldn't even speak
"Tell me why are you with him. Do you want money huh? I can give you how much you want but will never allow you to step in our Haveli or be in my Chachu's life. Tell me"
He stood in front of her hovering over her as he was extraordinarily tall 6'5 and she was 5'5. He screamed at last making her tremble but she continued to look into his eyes
"How do you know him? He's not your Chachu. He just has parents in his family who live in Swat Valley and come here once a year"
She spoke confidently but her voice was breaking
"Keep your mouth shut. Don't you feel ashamed doing all of this? You're so young look at his age. You are behind him for money, right? He has a wife in Buner and this man standing in front of you is his son Hamza Faisal Khan and this is his father Yahya Khan who never visited Gujranwala in his life before. Stop lying little girl. I am warning you to stay away from my Chachu otherwise you don't know what I can do. I will kidnap you and make sure only your dead body gets out of my place and no police will put any charges against me. Nobody would be able to find you. I give a warning just one time next time you will not have a second to think about what happened to you. Now tell me does any other woman come here too I am not gonna believe whatever you said. You must have got to know that Chachu belongs to the family of Sardars that's why you trapped him right"
Burhan Khan screamed making everyone numb
Heyam got stilled. She looked here and there in confusion and started nodding in no. Tears rolled down her eyes. She glared at Burhan with her tear-filled red eyes and even in such a condition he had to admit that she had beautiful eyes. Heyam raised her hands and grabbed his collar. She raised her head to glare at him. Burhan bent his head and glared at her. She was the first woman to hold Sardar Burhan Khan's collar. She tried to jolt him but he didn't even move. She applied her full-force breathing heavily and hit herself against him but in vain. Heyam screamed still trying to jolt him
"How dare you huh? How dare you point at my character and lie about all of this"
"I will kill you"
She was standing with her body striking against his her head against his lower chest but she wasn't in a sense thinking about this
All of this happened in less than a minute. Seeing her behaving like this to their Sardar all of the guards and Hamza pointed their guns at her while Burhan raised his hand to prevent them from shooting
Heyam got so scared seeing them. She looked at Anna with fear and got away from Burhan immediately. Heyam gulped and looked at Anna with tears rolling down her eyes. She didn't want to leave her alone. Heyam opened the room's door and ran downstairs. She took a loaded gun which his father placed on the back of his bed. She held it with shivering hands and ran upstairs. She opened the door and pointed a gun toward Burhan's chest while crying trying her best to stop her hands from shivering. Burhan smirked looking at her head to toe. She was so skinny that even her clothes were very loose. She wasn't wearing a dupatta so he diverted his gaze. Burhan got amused. He wanted to see if she could shoot or not
Everyone, there was shocked to see a pistol in a girl's hand and pointing it toward Sardar Burhan they never even dreamt that a girl could do this. Sardar Burhan Khan had many enemies but nobody dared to do this which this little timid girl did. Burhan was enjoying all of this as it was a joke to him
"Stop it girl or I will make sure to bury you alive"
Yahya Khan roared making Heyam sob.
Burhan chuckled listening to her sob
"Didn't you hear Dada jaan? Put this gun down right now"
Hamza shouted at the top of his lungs. Heyam's hands started shivering more but she took a deep breath and stammered pointing toward Anna with eyes
"F First let her g go"
"I said stop this nonsense stupid girl"
Yahya Khan roared more loudly making Heyam angry
"And I said let her go"
She roared more loudly glaring at Yahya Khan
All of the guards gasped listening to this much loud voice of a woman. Hamza got extremely angry and looked at Burhan for permission who ignored him. Meanwhile, Burhan who was trying not to touch her was having enough of all of this
"Didn't you hear me"
She screamed at the top of her lungs
"Shut the hell up"
Sardar Burhan roared making her legs shiver. Her fingers got tightened on the trigger. He started walking towards her fastly. Heyam closed her eyes and shot while screaming turning her hands a little away making sure not to kill him. The bullet just touched Burhan's shoulder and didn't cause any damage. His white kurta started turning red with blood oozing from his shoulder
"Stop"
Burhan stopped all of them from shooting a bullet at her as soon as the bullet hit his shoulder
Heyam opened her eyes and sobbed seeing blood on his shirt. The pistol slipped from her hands and fell to the ground. She placed both of her hands on her mouth. Heyam saw a guard pointing his gun toward Anna and Burhan walking toward her her heart started beating faster than ever
He walked angrily toward her and pulled her toward him with both hands not caring about his wound. Heyam's head hit his hard lower chest immediately making her scream and he didn't even jolt. He held her arms tightly and screamed gritting his teeth glaring at her
"How dare you shoot Sardar Burhan Khan and disrespect my Dada"
"Speak"
He screamed when she didn't reply and continued to cry
"I am sorry"
Heyam stammered
She did whatever she could do but she was alone in the house and didn't have anybody to protect her except Allah. She fought those seven men alone as much as she could but wasn't even able to move in his strong grip. She felt helpless and started crying loudly. The girl who doesn't hit anyone shoots a stranger just to save her life and Anna's and to prevent them from talking about her character but she had enough of everything. She felt as if she would faint any time in his arms. She wanted her father to come. Burhan jerked her lightly when she didn't speak but Heyam got out of her senses while hitting against him continuously. She couldn't process what was happening for two minutes. Burhan didn't know that his little jerk would do this to her. She opened her eyes after two minutes. Burhan left her and stood away while Heyam took the support of a wall to stand. Burhan thought to leave as he saw her condition worsening. He thought that was enough for her. He never wanted to touch her without permission but she forced him by doing all of that. He was about to turn when he saw Hamza walking towards her and slapping Heyam hard making her fall onto the ground immediately. Hamza screamed
"How dare you be with my baba. How dare you try to take my mother's place. Have you seen yourself? You will take my my mama's place. She cried because of you. You hurt me, my brother, my sister, and most importantly my mother. I will never forgive you. I never got love from my father because of you. He never loved my mother because of you. You hurt my Dada jaan. You hurt my brother our Sardar. You...."
Hamza couldn't complete his sentence as Burhan pushed him and slapped him hard on his face screaming
"Who permitted you to touch her? Huh"
Hamza started looking down as he never opposed his Sardar and nobody was allowed to do anything without his orders
"What do you think that you would be forgiven just because you're my brother? She will be punished for her crime if she doesn't break any relationship with Chachu and does not give us information about other girls whom he visits. Chachu has been doing this for about 27 years and she's not even that much old. How can she ruin your childhood or your mother's life? Chachu has more faults than her. He must have a relationship with other girls as well. He will be punished too. He will not be forgiven just because he's a man. I gave her a warning so who are you to punish her? Did I say I am forgiving her"
He screamed loudly slapping him hard two more times in front of everyone as his punishment. Hamza lowered his head whispering
"Sorry Sardar Saeen"
Burhan jerked him and walked toward Heyam who was sobbing lightly still lying on the ground. He sat in front of her and made her sit. Heyam didn't have any energy left in her. She was about to fall again. Burhan placed his arm against her back. Her head fell on his chest. Heyam was crying closing her eyes while Anna was trying to get out of the guard's grip since Hamza slapped her. Burhan raised her face with two of his fingers and saw her lips bleeding. He felt bad as he never hit any women. Haveli's men were strict but they never in their lives hit any women. Hamza was the first man to do that that's why Burhan punished him in front of the servants and knew that the whole Buner Valley would be aware of his punishment. Burhan wiped the blood from the side of her lips making her stop sobbing and open her eyes and look at him with tear-filled helpless eyes. He placed his hand on her cheeks and spoke in his dominant voice
"Nobody will hurt you"
Heyam on listening to this started hiccuping. Her head fell on his chest again. She cried placing her head against his chest with no energy left in her to even move. Her body jolted and shivered. She held his Kurta from blood-stained shoulder to stop herself from falling. She wasn't in her senses at all. Her eyes were closing from time to time
Suddenly the front door opened and Faisal Khan entered making everyone look at him except Heyam. He looked at his son, father, guards, and Burhan shockingly. His eyes searched for Heyam and he found her sitting on the ground in Burhan's arms. Her face was hidden in his chest
Faisal Khan ran towards her and took her out of Burhan's grip making her stand. Burhan Khan glared at him. Hamza closed his eyes fisting his hands and Yahya Khan diverted his gaze. Heyam was about to fall as she didn't have the energy to stand. Faisal Khan held her in his tight gripping side hugging her. He looked at everyone again with shock and then at Sardar Burhan Khan who was standing. He looked at his pistol in Burhan's feet and his blood-stained shoulder. Faisal Khan looked shockingly toward Heyam. Heyam sensed her father even with closed eyes. She hid her face in his chest and whispered pointing at Anna
"Baba Anna and m my hijab"
Faisal Khan looked at scared Anna who was trapped between guards. He screamed
"Leave her right now"
The guard looked at Sardar Burhan Khan who nodded. He left Anna who ran and hid behind Faisal Khan. Faisal Khan took off his shawl and placed it on Heyam hiding her from everyone's eyes and looked at them with anger-filled eyes
"Baba leave this characterless girl right now"
Hamza screamed glaring at Heyam
"Shut the hell up, Hamza. She's your sister"
Author's note:
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